Shares and dividends

Financial analysts

Capital and shareholders

Following the reverse stock split finalized on May 25, 2020, and the completion of the reduction of the nominal value of the shares effective from May 26, 2020, the Company’s capital is now divided into 228,928,428 shares with a nominal value of €0.02 each.

Shares and voting rights

Month-by-month information on the total number of voting rights and shares that constitute the share capital. Article 223-16 of the General Regulations of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (French market authority).

The number of theoretical (or gross) voting rights is used as a basis for calculating threshold crossings; it includes the voting rights attached to non-voting shares (treasury shares, liquidity agreements, etc.). See AMF 17 July 2007 note and article L.233-7 of the French code of commerce.

By-Laws

Crossing of statutory thresholds

Crossing of statutory thresholds 
(Excerpt from By-laws, article 8, following the Extraordinary General Meeting of 1 June 2006) 

In addition to the declarations of crossing thresholds expressly provided by Articles L. 233-7-I and II of the French Code de Commerce, any shareholder (individual or corporate body) that acquires, directly or indirectly by means of companies controlled by the shareholder within the meaning of Article L. 233-3 of the French Code de Commerce, acting singly or jointly, a number of the Company’s bearer shares equal to or greater than three (3), four (4), six (6), seven (7), eight (8), nine (9) and twelve and half (12.5) per cent of the total number of shares making up the share capital must, within five (5) trading days of crossing said threshold, inform the Company of the total number of shares it holds, by letter sent by recorded delivery with advice of receipt to the Company’s registered office. 

Dividends

The annual shareholders’ meeting on 20 April 20201 approved the allocation of income from the 2020 fiscal year. No dividends will be issued from the 2020 fiscal year.